tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:51:29 +0000http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Mary Marvella)Blogger1030125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-4072440601986682801Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:47:00 +00002009-12-24T23:51:29.230-05:00Angel Winks card for today.Here is the special card from Angel Winks for today. I love these cards! http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/special-cards.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mary Marvella)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-629462598608933544Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:01:00 +00002009-12-24T17:51:57.236-05:00Sir Geroge Alexander MacfarrenChristina RossettiCarol NelsoJoan MillsHenry LongfellowCharles DickensAlexander Smiththe Christmas Carol"I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant time; a time when men and women seem to open their hearts freely, and so I say, God bless Christmas!" -Charles Dickens "Love came down at Christmas; love all lovely, love divine; love was born at Christmas, stars and angels gave the sign."- Christina G. Rossetti "Let's dance and sing and make good cheer, http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/god-bless-us-everyone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beth Trissel)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-6201505799319379905Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:21:00 +00002009-12-24T14:04:07.917-05:00Christmas message.You were expecting a snow scene or a Christmas tree? Mama Mary sends her wishes that each of the Pink Fuzzy Slipper Writers and our readers will have lives filled with love and joy. Have fun or make it! Hug a child or be one. Merry Christmas from my house to yours! Mama Maryhttp://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/merry-christmas-wishes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mary Marvella)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-4692484467161275377Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:57:00 +00002009-12-23T12:06:29.176-05:00Dec 20th 2009Blizzard weddingGardening in the Shenandoah Valley of VirginiaChristmas wedding As some of you, possibly the entire country, are aware, last weekend saw the biggest snowstorm to strike the East in many years.  We haven't seen that much snow in the Shenandoah Valley since the 1990's. The heaviest snow fell on Saturday, my younger sister's wedding day.  Major yikes!  Multiple phone calls to everyone and their brother and we had no solutions except to wait it out.  Yes, my http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/blizzard-wedding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beth Trissel)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-8655686751526701375Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:01:00 +00002009-12-22T02:09:27.376-05:00GEnieguidespsychic readingsguardian angelsGuardian Angels? Do you have one? I do and I even know his name. It isn't easy to learn the name of your guardian angel, because some won't just come right out and tell you. They make it a quest, something you have to do in order to discover their names. But don't worry if you don't know a name, you don't have to! You can just address yours as "my guardian angel", works just as well as knowing http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/guardian-angels.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scarlet Pumpernickel)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-3370820614049509717Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:01:00 +00002009-12-21T00:01:00.183-05:00congratulationSurvivorbad boy herobooksTVWell it's Saturday night and the only thing on antenna TV is Survivor. I really don't mind because I am always amazed at the depths that people will go for money. The winner isn't the one who is the nicest, it's the one who can outsmart the others. The winner has to be willing to give up some principals for money.There is always a hot guy and always a hot girl but their looks don't guarantee a http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/survivor-to-end-bad-boy-hero.htmlmricksen@att.net (Mary Ricksen)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-6999193704026564591Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:03:00 +00002009-12-19T11:20:50.866-05:00black swansvampiresLinda NightingaleSiner's OperaThe Shadow LordNight ManTony-Paul de Vissage. Dark God Descending(Lucien is first on the scene, looking dark, breath-taking, and determined. As Linda and Tony-Paul trail with the others behind them, he raises his glass in a toast, downs its contents in one swallow, then tosses the goblet into the fireplace, listening to the crash of broken glass with a satisfied nod.)Lucien: No talk of killing tonight. Let’s speak of romance. (Sarcasm gilds his tone) Our http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/interview-with-vampire-part-iii-whats.htmltvsweeney@yahoo.com (Toni V.S.)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-3739239180514173889Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:19:00 +00002009-12-18T11:38:17.871-05:00vampiresLinda NightingaleBlack SwanDark God Descending; Tony-Paul de Vissage; Maya(Linda Nightingale and Tony-Paul de Vissage continue their tete-a-tete with the vampires in their literary lives.)Tony-Paul: Tonight, we’re delving into vampire origins a little.Linda: Since so much difference apparently exists among you, let’s take the time to explain your origins. Marek, as you seem to be the one everyone is curious about, please go first. Then Domingo and Damien, and lastly http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/interview-with-vampires-part-ii-whats.htmltvsweeney@yahoo.com (Toni V.S.)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-8855157907960056754Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:39:00 +00002009-12-17T00:55:46.950-05:00vampiresLinda NightingaleBlack SwanDark God Descending; Tony-Paul de Vissage; MayaLinda Nightingale, author of Black Swan, and Tony-Paul Visage, author of Dark God Descending, interviewer their Undead creations.Linda: Tony-Paul and I have persuaded the lads, rather forcefully, to cease hostilities between nations long enough to have this interview.Tony-Paul: That’s right, Linda. Damian and Morgan have met before, with fairly amicable results, so I don’t see why the others http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/interview-with-vampires-part-i-welcome.htmltvsweeney@yahoo.com (Toni V.S.)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-5023841034183650907Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:32:00 +00002009-12-16T13:18:22.363-05:00Your first favorite bookThe Boxcar ChildrenGertrude Chandler WarnerDo you remember your favorite kid book you read all by yourself? Mine was The Boxcar Children, by Gertrude Chandler Warner. My first grade teacher read it to us. I loved that book. In the second grade I found a copy in the school library and read it over and over again. What made me love it so? It was about children, brothers and sisters, who were on their own. I wanted them to be safe, I loved http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/childhood-favoritesthe-boxcar-children.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mary Marvella)16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-6970796962307854731Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:42:00 +00002009-12-15T09:42:51.246-05:00divine visitationangels bring comfortGod’s eternal lovecoping with griefangels among usministering angelsmessengers of Godangels unawaresguardian angels<!-- by bethtrissel --> When my friend, Liz, was a child and very ill she says she awoke from a fevered sleep to find an angel seated at the edge of her bed.  Its face was human-like but the features were more angular than ours and silvery.  The rest of its body was luminous and seemed neither male nor female, but she remembers the eyes, green, and the reassuring feeling of being watched over. http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/watching-for-angels.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beth Trissel)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-3556990479384984525Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:45:00 +00002009-12-14T08:07:36.461-05:00copingholiday bluesstressHappy Holidays everyone!This is the season to be jolly, but so many of us find the stress of the holidays to be a little overwhelming and turn us into Scrooge-like behavior, when in our hearts we want to spread joy, love, and good cheer. The cause of this hum-bug attitude to Christmas can be attributed to many factors, such as financial worries, the inability to be with your loved ones, the http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/holiday-blues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrice)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-7112891027488140650Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:25:00 +00002009-12-13T19:40:01.241-05:00A Bad Day for SorryPembrely by the SeaSophie LittlefieldSherrilyn KenyonSeize the NightEternal MoonBad Moon RisingAbigail ReynoldsSourceBooksRebecca YorkGood rainy Sunday morning from Georgia. I've read some super books recently. Each rates 10 Fuzzy Slippers out of 10.In the Paranormal area I recently read Eternal Moon by Rebecca York and Seize the Night and Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Both writers will pull you into their series books in a big way. The Dark Hunter series took me to a world ofsupernatural and eternal creatures. If you http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/good-sunday-morning-great-reads.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mary Marvella)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-3983620837665816059Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:23:00 +00002009-12-12T17:32:52.219-05:00Christmas TraditionsChristmas Carolingrural Christmasbeth trisseladvice for Christmas CarolingA Christmas Carolhumorous non-fiction Caroling, a Christmas tradition contemplated with nostalgia and fondness can, in reality, be an exhausting ordeal for the carolers as well as the carolees. One December, many moons ago, my husband cleaned up our big old farm truck so that the young parents and children from our church could brighten that wintry evening for the elderly and shut-ins. Bundled against the frosty air, we clambered http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/adventure-of-christmas-caroling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beth Trissel)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-2080367134520913598Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:01:00 +00002009-12-11T12:10:55.585-05:00Mona Risk readers accident survival resuscitation Wild Rose PressKiara and I met in Boston years ago. We were young mothers in our early twenties. She had a one-year old daughter and I had a two-year old son. We didn’t have cars and often wondered if we would reach the end of the month with food on the table. But we were healthy and always cheerful, particularly Kiara who could make any one laugh. By snow, rain or sunshine, we pushed our toddlers’ strollers tohttp://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/survival-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mona Risk)18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-1883770876457768648Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:55:00 +00002009-12-11T10:29:10.556-05:00deaf heroineAmerian historical Romance Christmas Anthologybeth trisselColonial American Christmas RomanceAn American Rose Christmas Our new Christmas Anthology, An American Rose Christmas, officially launches at The Wild Rose Press tomorrow, Dec. 11th!  For those of you awaiting the digital download version, it’s upon us at long last!  This project has been months in the undertaking.  Congrats to my fellow authors in the anthology.    An American Rose Christmas is already out in print at The Wild Rose Press, either alone http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/official-release-of-american-rose.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beth Trissel)16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-426105424171680169Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:16:00 +00002009-12-09T09:22:52.462-05:00romanceFalling snowAutumn JordonNorman Rockwell OrefectWriting mistakeseditingThe day was going to be Norman Rockwell perfect. White snow fell —Screech! Okay, I stopped. Does snow come in another color, in this world? Authors sometimes pen words that stop the reader cold and we all know that is the one thing we don’t want to happen. If they do, there is a possibility they will lay the book down, and there is that small chance they might never pick the novel up again. We http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/snow-stopping.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Autumn Jordon)18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-3442529540105749217Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:00:00 +00002009-12-08T20:12:19.067-05:00Received this from the newly elected President-Elect of KOD (mystery/suspense online chapter of RWA) Melba Moon. She asked me to post this info in case anyone would like to try a class, you don't have to be a member of KOD to take the class! But she said it would be neat if you would consider joining because it's a great group! KOD offers the best classes, stop by their website and check them http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/kods-january-class-psychic-research.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scarlet Pumpernickel)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-7112177207589102570Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:33:00 +00002009-12-08T09:37:38.956-05:00Hi everyone,Here's a few more great deals for day. (Borrowed from other forums.)The gorgeous Kitchenaid Artisan 5 qt. mixer is available at Amazon.com for $242.99 plus there is a $30.00 rebate, making the total $212.99--the lowest price I've seen this year, with free shipping. The colors are changing constantly.While on Amazon, don't forget to download their free Christmas song for the day.San http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/joanne-deal-of-day_08.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joanne)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-3369272671991027092Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:24:00 +00002009-12-07T14:36:37.573-05:00Hi everyone,As previously mentioned, there are lots of deals this week:(Borrowed from other forums)Amazon: 2009: 25 days of free holiday songs. I'm listening to a beautiful piece as I type this. Begin with Day one on December 1st: Joy to the World by the Casting Crowns. Enjoy!Amazon: $5.00 magazine subscriptions available until December 12th. It seems like Amazon is offering this deal http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/joanne-deal-of-day_07.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joanne)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-5248956975473827214Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:40:00 +00002009-12-06T09:44:52.811-05:00Well, everyone, as you might expect, there are plenty of great deals this month.One of my favorites is the Burts Bees grab bag. Go to Burtsbees.com I used three codesBURT20WELCOME (case sensitive)FBFAN (case sensitive)The first code will give you free shipping over $25.00 and 20% off your entire order.The second is a welcome.The third is for a free lemon butter cuticle creme with any $25.00 http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/joanne-deal-of-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joanne)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-3783385313287633809Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:06:00 +00002009-12-05T15:06:13.863-05:00Gift Bundles at The Wild Rose PressAmerican historical Christmas Romance AnthologySony's E-ReaderBarnes and Noble E-readerThe Wild Rose PressAn American Rose ChristmasAmazon's Kindle<!-- by bethtrissel --> Our new Christmas Anthology, An American Rose Christmas, is officially out at The Wild Rose Press on Dec. 11th, but already out as an Early Bird special.  And An American Rose Christmas is offered as part of a kewl print bundle the Wild Rose Press has put together for the holidays attractively packaged in a Wild Rose tote bag.  Also offered are gift bundles with a http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/more-about-american-rose-christmas-wild.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beth Trissel)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-5715957581152497909Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:00:00 +00002009-12-04T23:00:07.211-05:00Alicia Dean picked two commenters to win a copy of Heart of the Witch. And the winners are: Nancy and Scarlet! To receive your copy, email your address to Alicia at AliciaMDean@aol.com and let her know whether you want the book signed to yourself or to someone else.http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/two-lucky-winners.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Barbara Monajem)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-1281907785437481935Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-12-04T09:50:16.301-05:00new releasenovelCatherine BybeeToday December 4th is the day that Catherine's novel Binding Vows is released in digital format.Catherine got so excited she jumped on the coffee table and well, do I have to say itCatherine kept dancing, but she needs a new coffee table.What's that Catherine, you want me to dance with you. Well I'm not very good at it.Catherine grabs Mary's hand and pulls her up onto the new heavy duty, coffee http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/good-luck-to-catherine-bybee.htmlmricksen@att.net (Mary Ricksen)39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055445272273500233.post-1457834183559240383Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:54:00 +00002009-12-03T08:03:43.121-05:00This year, I was “in training” to take over the Launching a Star Contest for 2010 for the RWA STAR group in the Space Coast of Florida. I also entered several contests. So I received a lot of first-hand experience at both ends of the process. It got me thinking about the uniqueness of our RWA writing groups. 1. Volunteers run the contests. If they are as large and successful as the LAS and other http://pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/2009/12/kudos-to-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Judy)24